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Post high school, she’s pursuing big dreams in the Big Apple
A year after graduating from high school during the pandemic lockdown, Mariah Barrera is wrapping up her first year at Columbia University in New York City...
In a crazy year, teachers still taught, students still learned, and fun was still had
In a school year unlike any that came before it, teachers, students and parents all found creative ways to teach and learn despite the pandemic...
Getting resources to classrooms: the critical importance of the state school aid budget process
The support from the federal government represents a rare, one-time allocation of funds to aid pandemic recovery. Long-term progress requires continued, annual advocacy at the state level around the School Aid Budget...
Post-pandemic years will focus on student recovery
Several West Michigan educators contributed to the MI Blueprint for Comprehensive Student Recovery, recently released by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state education leaders to support student recovery from the pandemic’s impact...
Students focus on equity in letters to Board of Ed
The Equity Project is a new twist on an argumentative writing unit. Normally, teacher Katie Sluiter assigns a topic, but this year she knew students had a lot on their minds...
For once-homeless mother and daughter graduates, ‘dreams do come true’
Ayjia Jones and her mother, Monique Williams, are both graduates of the Class of 2021. Their accomplishment comes after two years living in motels, searching for housing and pathways to stability...
Wanted: teens who can inspire change, spark passions
Local middle- and high-school students are invited to apply by June 4...
Learning something new expands life, social skills
Students in an Autism Spectrum Disorder and Moderately Cognitively Impaired program explored many types of art and dance, thanks to a grant...
Today’s classrooms look more like the world
Kent County schools are experiencing substantial change in the racial and ethnic makeup of their students, with classrooms looking more and more like the society and world around them...
Trash becomes treasure during bucket art project
Students in teacher Laura Sluys’ special education class and general education students recently worked together on an artistic project in partnership with the program, Artists Creating Together...
‘God gives me hope’: a refugee student’s hard journey to graduation
On a journey from the Congo to Grand Rapids, faith, and the people placed in his path, have helped a Kelloggsville senior deal with some tough circumstances...
It’s a clean sweep
An opportunity to work on life skills leads to a group of Kent ISD Community Transition Center students helping one local restaurant during the pandemic...
‘There is something about inclusion’
This teacher has made it her mission to help students with mild impairments find their way in school and beyond...
Virtual preschoolers stay on track, connect through activities
Read-alouds, group songs, fine-motor skills, weekly teacher-parent-child meetings are all happening online...
Expressing their gratitude
KTC students have joined forces to help send a message of appreciation to local veterans...
Students see light at the end of the tunnel
A few area high school students share why they are getting the COVID vaccine...
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